Motor unit number estimation: A technology and literature review

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 884-893

  Gooch, Clifton L ^a   Doherty, Timothy J ^b,c   Chan, K Ming ^d   Bromberg, Mark B ^e   Lewis, Richard A ^f   Stashuk, Dan W ^g   Berger, Michael J ^b,c   Andary, Michael T ^h   Daube, Jasper R ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^h MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Compound muscle action potential; Motor unit; Motor unit number estimation

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTONEURON; NERVE CONDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CELL COUNT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84912124740     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.24442     Document Type: Review

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